Display stand



April 28, 1925.

- H. W. LUDWIG DISPLAY STAND Filed Oct. 15, 1923 Patented Apr. 23, 1925.

UNITED srarrs PATENT GFFICE.

HOMER WILLIAM: LU'DWIG, OLE PI'ITSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed October 15, 1523. Serial No. 668,684.

Display Stands; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in display stands, and more particularly to such as are adapted for use'in displaying and advertising canned or boxed goods, one object of the invention being to so construct the device that it shall support a can or box in an inclined position and give the appearance of the can or box partlyopened and simulate the discharge of contents of the can or box Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation;

Figure 3 is a view of the blank from which the device is made, and

Figures 4: and 5 are perspective views illustrating modifications.

My improved advertising display stand is made of sheet material, preferably card board, and includes a front card or member 1 and supporting members 2, 2 which latter are formed by creasing or scoring the blank on the lines 3 and bending said members backwardly,-the free ends of said members 2 being provided with tongues 4 whereby said supporting members may be interlocked behind the front or card 1, as shown in Figure 2. The upper edges of the supporting members are beveled as at 5 for supporting the body of a can or container 6 in an inclined position. i

The front or card 1, in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, is made with an approximately semi-circa lar recess 7, which contains a flap 8 (when the device is first formed) and this flap is integral at its central portion with the front 1, as indicated at 9.

When the can or container 6 is placed in position on the device, the flap 8 will be bent against endwise displacement.

forwardly as shown in Figure 2 and the connection at 9 between the flap 8 and the front 1 will hold the container against forward displacement.

The flap'S may be made of any desired shape and if made partly circular as shown in Figure 1 it may be formed with a rough or jagged upper edge 10 and the upper half of said flap is so illustrated that it will give the appearance of a turned-up portion 11 of the head of the can. The lower portion of the flap is stippled or otherwise made to simulate the contents of the can as at 11.. The central portion of the front 1 is sti pled or otherwise made to simulate the material flowing down the front 1 of the device, as at 12, and an irregularly shaped flap 13 united at the front 1 at the lower edge thereof, as at 13 is bent forwardly and stippled or otherwise made to simulate a quantity of the discharged material.

In the construction shown in Figure 1, the device is adapted to receive an angular container and the recess 7 in the front 1 is made angular so as to provide inclined edges 14 and one or both of the supporting members 2 may be notched, as at 15, to give firm seating for the container. The flap 16 may have any desired shape and is united at its lower portion to the front 1 as shown at 16. The can or box may engage the part 16 and be supported by the same The flap 16 may be made to have the appearance of a turnedup portion of the head of the container and also to simulate discharge of material and the front 1 may be pictured to represent flowing material terminating in the part 13 which may be made to simulate discharged quantity of the material.

In Figure 5, the device is shown as being designed for displaying a can having liquid contents. In this form of the invention, the part 17 having functions similar to those of the part or flap 8 or 16 in the construe tions previously described, is quite small and made to simulate the hole in the can through what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A display stand comprising a front having a recess in its upper edge to receive and support the front end of a container, supporting members to project rearwardly from the side edges of said front and provided at their rear ends With interlocking means, said members adapted to support a container in an inclined position with its forward portion resting in the recess in the front and the front having a simulation of material discharging from the teontainer.

2. A display stand comprising a front and supporting means, said front having a recess in its upper edge to receive and support the front end of a container, and a member united. to the front at the intermediate portion only of said recess said member constitutin;- a stop for the end of the container entering the recess and simulating material discharging from the container.

3. A display stand comprising a front, supporting means therefor, said front having a recess in its upper edge to receive the front end of a container, and a member united to the front at the intermediate portion only of said recess and projecting forwardly to form a rest for the container, said member simulating material discharging from the container.

4. A display stand comprising a front and supporting means, said front having a recess to receive a container, and a member united to the front at the intermediate por tion only of said rec ss, said member being made to simulate a turned-up portion of the head of a container and material in the container, the intermediate front portion of the stand being pictured to simulate flowing material, and an irregularly shaped member at the lower edge of the front and simulating a quantity of discharged material.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HOMER WILLIAM LUDVIG.

iVitnesses HOWARD O. GAPIICL, M. NEUM'ARKER. 

